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robbieduncan

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Jul 24, 2002
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You cannot download Bootcamp. It is built into Leopard. The beta version for Tiger has expired and is no longer available.
 

kenny1811

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Aug 17, 2008
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Leopard discs

What leopard disc? It came with 2 discs ( installation 1 &2) Which one do i insert?
 

r.j.s

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Mar 7, 2007
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What leopard disc? It came with 2 discs ( installation 1 &2) Which one do i insert?

Like ^^^ said, neither. Run the utility and be sure to print the instructions. After you install windows, you'll insert Disc 1 to install the drivers.
 

Psyy

macrumors newbie
Aug 17, 2008
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So you'll have to burn a CD with the drivers for Windows? How am I suppose to do that with an Air?:p
 

r.j.s

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So you'll have to burn a CD with the drivers for Windows? How am I suppose to do that with an Air?:p

No. The drivers are on the Leopard DVD. How are you going to install Windows on an Air?
 

Psyy

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Aug 17, 2008
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I guess remote disc won't work? I guess I'll borrow my friends superdrive..
 

r.j.s

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Mar 7, 2007
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I guess remote disc won't work? I guess I'll borrow my friends superdrive..

Yeah, I don't know for sure, but since it installs windows like it's a normal PC, I'm guessing that Remote Disc will not work.
 

rip.syd

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Dec 4, 2008
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well i got as far as "start windows installation"

its telling me: You'll need an authentic 32-bit Microsoft Windows XP home edition or professional with service pack 2 or later, OR windows Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Business or Ultimate disc."

than after ive put that disk in, i can insert my Mac OS X Leopard disk to install additional drivers and other software

so i did like it says above and just inserted my leopard disk 1, says that "the installer disk could not be found. insert your Windows installer disc and wait a few seconds for the disc to be recognized"



any solutions?
or am i just missing something?
 

Knolly

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Jul 22, 2007
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You're missing something.

What boot camp does is install Windows alongside OSX. Meaning that you need a copy of Windows to install. The installer disc its asking for is a Windows disc. Once Windows is installed, and you're booted into Windows, then you put in the Leopard disc.
 

rip.syd

macrumors newbie
Dec 4, 2008
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hey, thanks for the quick response Knolly

one final question, i managed to get my hands on a burnt version of Windows xp service pack 2, i installed it and everything was going well until i tried to get into the Windows partition,

some sort of read disk error or something, followed by the big black screen with the "Press any key to restart" - ( and no keys will restart it )

the disk installed fine
and everything was going well, but i just cant get into that partition
 

Victor Star

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Dec 3, 2008
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When Windows was installing did you have it reformat the partition or did you leave the partition alone?
 

Peace

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Apr 1, 2005
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reboot while holding down the option key. Two hard drives should show up.

On the left it will say Macintosh HD and on the right it should say Windows.

Click on the one that says windows and there ya go.
 

cazaknighty

macrumors newbie
Sep 23, 2009
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My boot camp assistant does not work when i choose how much windows space I need then it says:
Verification Failed. This disk could not be partitioned

HELP! PLEASE!!!!!

This is so frustrating :mad:
 

matthewscott661

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Jun 27, 2009
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My boot camp assistant does not work when i choose how much windows space I need then it says:
Verification Failed. This disk could not be partitioned

HELP! PLEASE!!!!!

This is so frustrating :mad:

You may not have enough continuous space on your HD to create a new partition. Move some big files off your HD and try again.
 

cazaknighty

macrumors newbie
Sep 23, 2009
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You may not have enough continuous space on your HD to create a new partition. Move some big files off your HD and try again.

Tried that but thanks, I have 80G available, I says to try and repair it in Disk Utility but it is not read as a disk and I can not repair it.

Can some please some how send it to me or give me a link to download it because my Boot Camp Assistant no longer works.
 

r.j.s

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Mar 7, 2007
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It sounds like your problem is the hard drive, not BCA.

Backup your drive through Time Machine or cloning, then reformat, and restore. If the restore fails, or BCA still doesn't work, then there is something wrong with the drive.
 

Uyllstide

macrumors newbie
Jan 29, 2010
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What???

I tried installing Boot Camp not too long ago and it didn't partition right. I've been trying to delete the Boot Camp drive that is taking up 50GB of space. Someone suggested going into the Boot Camp Assistant, but when I try to open it, it tells me "Beta has expired". How do I fix this?
 

r.j.s

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Mar 7, 2007
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I tried installing Boot Camp not too long ago and it didn't partition right. I've been trying to delete the Boot Camp drive that is taking up 50GB of space. Someone suggested going into the Boot Camp Assistant, but when I try to open it, it tells me "Beta has expired". How do I fix this?

Are you running 10.4?

You can erase the partition using Disk Utility, then resize the HFS partition to take up the entire drive.
 

Saberlost

macrumors newbie
Feb 15, 2010
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So, if I have installed windows 7 and want sound but have no snowlepord cd becouse I never take the any CD with me since I got the internet. I'm screwed? Why in this day and age do I need a CD to install anythingh? This is just BS.
 

UPAKO.016

macrumors newbie
May 8, 2010
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Ahoooy!

I have a question SIR!

So I've read some of the discussions above and it seems that I'm having a similar problem. But I just want to clarify something...

I downloaded the trial version of PARALLEL and it was asking about the disk (windows?)

does this mean that I have to buy the Windows 7 disk to get it working in parallel with my Mac?

and Do I also need my Mac installation disk in this process? (BEcause I can't seem to find it...) lawl...

I hope I make sense... lol first post on this forums thingy...

but that is all... :O
 

r.j.s

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Mar 7, 2007
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Yes, you need to buy Windows in order for it to work with Parallels, but you don't need the OS X disc.
 

iDeving

macrumors newbie
Sep 20, 2010
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Download Bootcamp 3.1 link

Newest version of Bootcamps can be found here, just in case you dont have a Hard Copy of Leopard on disk...

http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/

run it after windows has installed, i recommend running Windows Update after bootcamp / apple updates are complete.
 
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